DIY Platform Bed Made from ONLY 2x4's!! | Modern Builds

So I ran the numbers.... 
35 2x4's at $7 costs $245
35 2x4's at $3.50 (normal price) costs $122,50

Double the normal price, but for $250 I'd say this bed is worth it!

That bed is going to forever be there. Probably about 300lbs at least

Nice, that has to be heavy though?

Taxes 🤦🏾‍♂️

there is so much glue in this stuff that you call bed that when you go to sleep you breath it all the time!!! good luck.

36$ a piece of 2x4 in Norway

Not feeling the legs but I like the concept...bed looks great 👍🏻

Love the design and the sturdiness! I am about to build mine.

Just a quick question: would that be an issue if I could not find a planer or mill to make my 2x4s square?

That things gotta weigh 500 pounds...

I'm not sure this guy has much site experience

Nicely designed. Simple yet elegant. The only thing I would do is it turn this into a more modular setup so one can move ithe bed more easily. For example:

1. Turn the platform into 3 modular pieces.
2. Instead screws exvery where, use like a thread insert to fasten the modular pieces together as well as fasten the modular pieces to the leg support.

Since this is for a king bed, onbce it's built, I don't the structure moving out of any room.

For economy and strength this works. Construction grade lumber off the shelf cuts at box stores, is about as fair as it gets for an expedient purchase and access method on average too. I might make one (with a few mods). ;-)
Edit: did my math - over 270.74' (feet) of wood , or 33.84 of 2"x4"x8' boards , for a total weight of 307lbs of wood. Add two adults = aprox 250-300lbs. Not including mattress, blankets,pillows,etc. I rounded a few measurements but the extra lost to kerf and such fits in close. A Common: 2-in x 4-in x 8-ft; actual: 1.6-in x 3.6-in x 8-ft, of Doug Fir is $3.63USD today 8/30/2023 so $123.42 + tax, glue (two bottles) and many screws.

Make me one!

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Why the he** are you screaming to me?

Muy bueno excelente muchas Felicidades

It’s made from 14 trees of course it’s sturdy 😅

How did you match predrilled holes between spacers and the slats?

that is ridiculously over-engineered. a literal elephant could sleep on that bed. complete waste of wood and money.

Слишком надёжно! Так делать нельзя😂

Bro's bed frame is indestructible...

Strange that he keeps cutting on the floor with his circular saw while he has a mitre saw.

it looks so heavy

What do you do if you move?

in india they are just 1.2 $

Hawaii $8

As everyone said, it cost $3.85 a 2x4 in Home Depot Detroit. I made a similar frame today and it cost me around $110 including screws and my drink. Awesome work

Each 2x4's weigh 8.5 lbs

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beautiful bed good job!

Hey @ModernBuilds, what a great looking bed! I am wondering how this bed is still holding up 2 years later. Any warping in the headboard as the 2x4s dried out over the years.

You could have just made some of the spacers longer and they would be the legs.

Wait, did you leave all the label ink on the 2x4s? I appreciate the YT hustle, the upbeat jump cuts, the sing songy voice-over, but it still just kinda looks like a pile of dimensional lumber...

you can park a car on that bed frame.
or have a couple 300lb people "bouncing" on it and the bed wont flinch.

Great design but too many unbevelled and sharp edges. It's only a matter of time before someone will need stitches around the knee area. You should also add a sign that says "no kids allowed" or "Frame hazardous To Kids"... or something like that.

Okay I love this but do you have any suggestions on a different approach to the legs for the bed instead of cutting down so many 10 inch pieces?

what dimensions I need for double as the PDF document is for queens size which is too big for me .Please answer to my text

Look awful and not practical

This is cool. I'm betting the Home Depot trip to get "straight" 2 X 4's took the most time for this project.

Should have made base in sections that could be taken apart easy for moving.

I live in Pennsylvania and 2x4's cost a litte under $3.50. But I could get them cheaper if I drove out to Home Depot or Lowe's then I could get them for like $2 each

Thaaaaanks

crude but effective!🙂

Nice bro

Wood or board?

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Creativity appreciated, but this bed design is not practical for me imo. No storage space, and around two corners it will hit hard your front part of leg while moving around subconsciously.

$6.91 each for 2x4 in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada. Nice design.